Le Mans 24 hours

[Slam62]

That's thinking like a forum contributor from the comfort of your armchair not a racing drive in the heat of the action. Racing incident.

are you a top class racing driver?

I thought not

 

[Jonny69]

Missed the first few hours. Good to see you lot are watching and have posted up the highlights.

Sorry folks, I disagree about McNish. That's not the way you drive at Le Mans. To win the race, first you've got to finish the race. That was really foolish driving.

 

[MagicBoy]

Would be nice to see some incar footage of the McNish incident. Might make the situation a little clearer.

 

[Housey]

Where did all my posts go, I'm writing to my politician!

Anyone know who that is by the way.....or how to write?

 

[Housey]

Dario Franchitti
The closing speed was massive, not @AllanMcNish Fault at all....

 

[SDK^]

I'm sure on reflection McNish regrets making the move but as Housey and many others have said, when you're in the driving seat and you have to make a decision in the blink of an eye things don't always work out.

Dario Franchitti
The closing speed was massive, not @AllanMcNish Fault at all....

I can only agree, the speed difference between the prototypes and the GT's is massive.

 

[Housey]

I'm sure on reflection McNish regrets making the move but as Housey and many others have said, when you're in the driving seat and you have to make a decision in the blink of an eye things don't always work out.

Nice to see someone got the ACTUAL point I was making.

 

[Jonny69]

Lemans isn't the sort of race where you try to sneak past a team mate when you see a gap appearing next to a slower car. Passing on the Dunlop esses is also a massive risk because it's a tricky set of curves. When it's congested like that, it's race suicide. I would say (purely from years of going to Le Mans) that Audi aren't very happy with McNish, especially when Peugeot are out to get them even harder than ever.

 

[Glaucus]

Engineering is getting to good, f1 & Lemans so few retirements.

 

[Glaucus]

Going to take a break, but to watch shawshank redemption or Forrest gump.

 

[~Mike~]

That was a HUGE crash McNish had. Glad to see him walk away from that one.

 

[Jonny69]

Amazing to see McNish just walk out of that one. For some reason I didn't know he was team mating with Tom Kristensen. Audi are DEFINITELY not going to be happy

I have beer. I have RLM and it's going to be a long night. Anyone else on for the long haul tonight?

 

[Flibster]

Diesel needs to be banned from Le Mans, not for the performance advantage it gives, but just becuse they sound dreadful and Le Mans cars should give aural pleasure.

See Mazda 787b

 

[Glaucus]

I'll be up till I can't help myself.

 

[webmonkeyuk]

im planning on staying up as long as i can i managed the whole race last year, got my redbull and proplus tablets so i should be good

 

[Shimmy]

I'll keep watching for a few hours.

Can't stay up too long though, got to do some shopping with a friend in the morning before we go for a 4 hour bike ride in afternoon. After that, F1

 

[Amos91]

I'm getting annoyed with the Eurosport coverage. Just wish they would keep it on the HD channel instead of Thai boxing *sigh*.

 

[GravyMonster]

Holy **** massive crash on the Mulsanne. Wreckage everywhere.

Car is unrecognisable. Don't know who it is. An LMP2 i think.

 

[DevilsAdvocate]

Ouch..this looks bad!

 

[Glaucus]

Massive damage, but what car is it.